Lost Creek Hollow Two wanderers, same goal

He wondered for a moment if it was his own appearance that brought forth the statement about fighting. It wouldn't have been an unlikely sort of thing, though Mordecai had hardly gained his scars because of a fight. Perhaps in a roundabout way they were because of that, or perhaps it only spoke of something in their collective history that brought it to light. He did not spare much time considering it, devout to holding his curiosities about the past at bay.

"All wolves are capable of hunting, even excel at it," he stated, "but what else sets you apart? Are you able to defend yourself?" Then again, one could have reasoned that all wolves, if pushed into a tight spot, were probably capable of defending themselves. But given their numbers as they were and his newborn children, Mordecai knew he had to be choosy. They could not allow themselves to be taken advantage of in the way that they had been.